2 Corinthians 9:6-10

New King James Version

The Cheerful Giver

⁶^(A)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows ^[a]bountifully will also reap ^[b]bountifully. ⁷So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, ^(B)not grudgingly or of ^[c]necessity; for ^(C)God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸^(D)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. ⁹As it is written:

^(E)“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.”

¹⁰Now ^[d]may He who ^(F)supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, ^[e]supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your ^(G)righteousness, ¹¹while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, ^(H)which causes thanksgiving through us to God. ¹²For the administration of this service not only ^(I)supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, ¹³while, through the proof of this ministry, they ^(J)glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal ^(K)sharing with them and all men, ¹⁴and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding ^(L)grace of God in you. ¹⁵Thanks be to God ^(M)for His indescribable gift!

The Spiritual War

10 Now ^(N)I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—^(O)who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. ²But I beg you ^(P)that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴^(Q)For the weapons ^(R)of our warfare are not ^[f]carnal but ^(S)mighty in God ^(T)for pulling down strongholds, ⁵^(U)casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, ⁶^(V)and being ready to punish all disobedience when ^(W)your obedience is fulfilled.